Founded in 1988, Death Penalty Focus (DPF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.[1]

With over 100 000 supporters nationwide, Death Penalty Focus is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors composed of political, religious, and civic leaders, along with legal scholars and attorneys involved in death penalty litigation.[2] The President of Death Penalty Focus is Mike Farrell.[3] In addition, DPF has an Advisory Board composed of community and religious leaders, celebrities, writers, and representatives of labor and human rights organizations who support anti-death penalty work. DPF conducts research and sponsorspublic education and media campaigns. DPF also serves as a support network for its ten chapters throughout California and as a liaison among anti-death penalty groups nationwide. The organization played a role in organizing opposition protests to the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams[4][5] and was described as "the strongest voice in California’s abolition movement" by San Francisco Magazine.[6]

Mission

DPF opposes the death penalty as ineffective, racist, and fiscally inefficent.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ About Death Penalty Focus "Death Penalty Focus : About Us". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  2. ↑ DPF Board of Directors Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Mike Farrell and the Death Penalty Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Villalon, Debora (11/19/2005) "Supporters say Tookie should live" KGO-TV
  5. ↑ Kershaw, Sarah (12/14/2005) "Execution ignites new fire in death penalty debate" New York Times
  6. ↑ Yogis, Jaimal (03/2006) "Killing the Death Penalty Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine" Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine San Francisco Magazine
  7. ↑ Guarino, Mark (12/18/2009) "Why is the use of the death penalty going down?" Christian Science Monitor
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